Diana Taurasi scored 13 of her 20 points in the fourth quarter Sunday to lead the USA senior national team to a 94-74 win against Serbia in a Group D opening-round game of the FIBA world championship in Istanbul.

Taurasi was 6-for-10 from the field, 5-for-7 from three to lead the USA to its second straight win. Maya Moore added 17 points and 12 rebounds, shooting 7-for-14 from the field and 3-for-6 from three. Brittney Griner added 10 points and 10 rebounds, and Tina Charles added 10 points for the USA.

Serbia's Ana Dabovic led all scorers with 24 points.

After defeating China in Saturday's first game of its title defense, the USA found Serbia a difficult match for most of the game, falling behind 21-17 after the first quarter and 28-24 with 7:10 to play in the first half before Moore hit three straight three-pointers to give the USA a 33-31 lead.

Serbia trailed by only six (70-64) heading into the fourth quarter before Taurasi began to take over. Despite holding a huge rebounding advantage (51-25), the USA committed 21 turnovers.

UConn junior Breanna Stewart, the only college player on the team, did not enter the game for the first time until there were just 40 seconds to play, long enough to pick up a personal foul.

Next for the USA is a Tgame Tuesday against Angola.

Meawhile, Canada lost to Turkey 55-44 on Sunday to even its record in Group B to 1-1. Guard Kia Nurse, who will begin her career as a freshman at UConn upon completion of world championship play, is averaging 21.5 minutes and has scored nine points in the first two games.